In Bond Fine Wine. 2020 Eduardo Chadwick Rocas De Sena (2nd wine of Sena), Aconcagua, Chile. Red chile - red in 6x75cl. Top critic score: 93/100 (WA). Drinking window: 2022+. Sold in bond by Albany Vintners, independent fine wine merchants.
Seña is one of Chile’s great fine wine estates, created in 1995 by Eduardo Chadwick and Robert Mondavi with the ambition of producing a world-class Chilean wine capable of standing alongside the finest Bordeaux. Its hillside vineyards in the Aconcagua Valley, influenced by both the Andes and Pacific Ocean, produce Cabernet-led wines of remarkable freshness, structure and longevity. Seña’s reputation was cemented at the famous Berlin Tasting of 2004, when the 2001 vintage was rated ahead of Chateau Lafite Rothschild, Chateau Latour and Chateau Margaux 2000 in a blind tasting. Today, Seña remains one of South America’s benchmark wines, combining Cabernet Sauvignon with varieties including Carmenere, Malbec and Petit Verdot to create a distinctive expression of its Chilean terroir. The estate also produces the excellent Rocas de Seña, a more approachable sibling that places greater emphasi…
Luis Gutiérrez (LG) — 93/100 · Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com, 31/08/2022 · Drink 2022 - 2028
A new second wine here, the 2020 Rocas de Se'a is named after the rocky soils from Se'a is different as it includes Mediterranean grapes in the blend. This is the first vintage produced, and it's a blend of 38% Malbec, 25% Syrah, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Grenache (from their property in Vertientes, where the Syrah also comes from) and 8% Petit Verdot from selected plots from their property in…
Jane Anson (JA) — 91/100 · Inside Bordeaux, 2022-08-31 · Drink 2024-2034
Touch of reduction on the first nose, reflecting the winemaking style and its focus on working the lees. This is the first vintage of Rocas, and it is immediately being sold through the Place, joining its sibling Seña. A mix of Mediterranean and Bordeaux varieties, expect plenty of powerful ripe fruits, juicy and concentrated black cherry and chocolate, with pink grapefruit, lemongrass and mandar…
Joaquin Hidalgo (JH) — 93/100 · Vinous, 2022-08-30 · Drink 2023-2035
The 2020 Rocas de Seña is the first vintage to be released on the market. A blend of 38% Malbec, 25% Syrah, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Grenache and 8% Petit Verdot, it spent 22 months in French barrels, two thirds of them new. Purple in hue. The aromatic profile features country herbs, cherry and wax notes followed by hints of blackcurrant and blackberry against a cedar backdrop. Juicy on the pa…